Buck Institute
Pbl Works: What Is Problem Based Learning?
In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. While allowing for some degree of student "voice and choice," rigorous projects are carefully...
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Exploring Computer Science: Computational Thinking for Everyone
The head of the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University, Jeannette M. Wing, presents her vision that computational thinking will be a fundamental skill used by everyone in the world by the middle of the 21st Century.
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Job Hunt: Create an Internet Resume
Your traditional printed resume must be supplemented now with a 21st century version that is compatible with e-mail and with Internet and database search technologies.
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What Are Good Leadership Skills: Definition of Leadership
Becoming a leader depends highly on interpersonal relationship skills. Without being able to communicate and empathize with others, attempts at any type of leadership are often futile. This site poses difficult questions to determine...
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Benefits of Music Education
The benefits of music education are numerous. This well written article contains many quotes from various sources as to why music education is essential towards developing skills that will enhance the lives of children.
Mind Tools
Mind Tools: What Is Leadership?
Short video accompanying article in which presenters James Manktelow and Amy Carlson break leadership down into four steps: creating a vision, being motivating and inspiring, being able to deliver a vision, and becoming a coach and...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Street Party
Sharpen your logic and spatial sense skills while working on this challenge. Solution included.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Manipulating Sentences to Reinforce Grammar Skills
Thinking creatively about written language is an important communication skill developed by this lesson plan, which can be used with passages from any book being read by students. Includes student handout and evaluation rubric.
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Chron: Small Business: Examples of Social Responsibility Strategies
Online article discussing strategies to achieve social responsibility and how they can be used to drive a successful business. Strategies include voluntary hazard elimination, community development, philanthropy, creating shared value,...
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Civil Rights Movement
This lesson plan has students experiencing discrimination and discussing their experience.
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Trails Online Assessment
TRAILS stands for Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills. This tool can be used by library media specialists and teachers to assess their students' skill levels.
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Appalachian State Univ.: Journal Reprint: Internet and Blog Publishing [Pdf]
Information, ideas, and examples of how technology can be used in a Social Studies classroom. Although designed for a fourth-grade classroom, many ideas in this article are applicable and adaptable for various grade levels and other...
International Reading Association
Reading Online: "Side by Side": A Technology Education Model
This article from Reading Online's Electronic Classroom encourages practicing and future teachers to advocate for professional development programs that will allow for pairing inservice and preservice teachers for the purpose of...
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Teaching the Content of Creativity Using the Torrance Incubation Model
Two lessons are included here -- one that focuses on the creativity skill itself, and another that applies that skill to a core content area.
PBS
The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation
Companion Web site to the PBS series. Provides an overview of the pivotal events, culture, and politics of the Sixties. Links to lesson plans and related material for a more in-depth study.
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: Pen Pals Around the World [Pdf]
Students improve skills in all subjects and connect with other students while learning about another country. The students began by researching our country. The students chose which topic they wanted to present in our video. During our...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience
This series of lessons involves student collaboration, writing and analytical skills, technology and imagination. While the lesson suggests use of FrontPage, it would also be possible to use a number of other authoring tools.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Inquiry on the Internet: Evaluating Web Pgs for Class Collection
A four-session lesson plan that leads to a class collection of resources is a solid introduction to both searching skills and evaluation. Could be used with any number of subject areas.
Edutopia
Edutopia: Urban Academy: Where Testing Is Anything but Standard
Project-based assessments that give an indication of students' skills and competencies are a central part of this profiled school.
Donald Clark
Blended Learning
While the concept of blended learning has probably been around since the beginning of Instructional Design, the term was not coined until the late nineties. However, blended learning is probably the closest thing we have to a silver...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Inquiry on the Internet: Evaluating Web Pgs for Class Collection
A four-session lesson plan that leads to a class collection of resources is a solid introduction to both searching skills and evaluation. Could be used with any number of subject areas.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Dinosaur's Eggs: High Frequency Words
Choose from a list of high frequency words then listen to the word and choose the correct egg that spells that same word. When finished, receive a certificate with words you know well and others you need to work on. Perfect practice for...
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Communicating at Work: Five Basic Human Needs
Students will learn about the five basic human needs and how to address them in the workplace through these learning activities. An assessment is included.
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Seattle Times:a Kirkland Cafe With No Prices
An experiment in people's willingness to pay for coffee plays out at a Seattle coffeehouse where no one knows what you pay for your coffee or if you pay anything at all. An interesting article that can be used as source material for...